William Gaines
William Maxwell Gaines (March 1, 1922 – June 3, 1992), better known as Bill Gaines, was an American publisher and co-editor of EC Comics. Following a shift in EC's direction in 1950, Gaines presided over what became an artistically influential and historically important line of mature-audience comics. He published the popular satirical magazine Mad for over 40 years.
He was posthumously inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame (1993) and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame (1997).
Read more about William Gaines: Early Life, Army Years, Early Publishing Career, Senate Subcommittee Investigation, End of EC, Mad Becomes A Magazine, Business Methods, Personal Life